According to the programme for Government, which contains a number of references to "A Just and Fair Society", the Government wants "people to have the peace of mind that comes from feeling safe and secure". When the people of County Roscommon, and particularly the Ballaghaderreen area, welcomed some unfortunate people from Syria, they were promised the sun, the moon and the stars in return for making them welcome. According to a recent report on Shannonside FM, people at the emergency reception and orientation centre in Ballaghaderreen have said it is like a prison. Individuals who have been through some very tough times have been at the centre for six to nine months, but the promised housing has not come. While they are at pains to point out that they thank the Irish people for taking them in and giving them a better quality of life, they are in a desperate state. Will the Taoiseach go back to his Ministers to try to sort this out and give some quality of life to the many families that are cooped up together in a small area?

It is not a prison, in fairness. Nobody is being detained. Nobody's freedom is being taken away. In a prison, people are detained against their will and have their freedom taken away. I do not think it is right to characterise the centre in that way.

There are many families cooped up in a small area.

I will ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a written update on the efforts being made to ensure these people can be moved into more suitable and more permanent accommodation from the former hotel they are staying in.